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Welcome to NSM and thank you very much for these! You did a great job here so far, but in Walking the Plains some of the very high and low notes look very messy, maybe you should use 8va's and 8vb's for that. ;)

Quote from: Korados on March 14, 2011, 02:13:20 AMIn Walking the Plains some of the very high and low notes look very messy, maybe you should use 8va's and 8vb's for that. ;)

I'll take a look at that... once I get back from school  :P
Thanks!

Well... First of all: Hi, and welcome!  :)

You did a nice job with those arrangements! But I agree with Korados, some parts are messy and need octaves! Anyways, nice arrangements; and better than my first ones, trust me...  ;D

These are pretty good! I do have a few specific criticisms, but I'll share those when I can make a closer comparison between your arrangements and the originals. There's nothing really wrong with the arrangements, but there can still be improvements on it.

Also, New Super Mario Bros is a great choice for game music! It's got some pretty interesting, yet underrated tunes. So, thanks for your contributions to that section!

You can read .mus files by downloading Finale Reader here (http://www.finalemusic.com/reader/default.aspx).

Although if you want to be able to edit any sheets, you can download a free 30-day trial of Finale Notepad (http://www.finalemusic.com/NotePad/Demo.aspx).

Glad people like the arrangements.  ;D


I'll get around to adding Midis... eventually :P

Ok, here's a few of my observations:

For both of your arrangements, there are some parts that could use harmonies. Measures 10 and 14 in your Map arrangement specifically. There are only a few parts (mostly the vocal parts) in "Walking the Plains." They're not really necessary, but it adds a little bit of extra depth to the arrangement.

I think that the synth vocal parts in "Walking the Plains" would probably sound better raised up an octave too.

In Measure 26 (and the other measure like that), the A should come on the 'and' of beat 2 instead of beat 3.

And last, starting from Measure 31, the right hand part of Piano 2 sounds a little off. I recognize the part you were trying to transcribe from the original and I think there's a few notes missing and a couple of incorrect rhythms.

Anyway, these are just suggestions so feel free to disagree with any of them.

I see what you mean... not entirely sure what to do about the percussion though, as it seems to be an integral part of the arrangement.

Not sure what you mean by "synth vocal"... sorry, I'm sort of new to finale  :-\

I'll get around to fixing these sometime... but I'm working on the world 3 map screen, which is problematic because of sound effects  :P

Quote from: gzgregory on March 15, 2011, 07:25:07 AMpercussion synth vocal sound effects  :P

You're arranging for Piano right?

Thanks winter, now I get it  :P

Yes I am arranging for piano.

Quote from: gzgregory on March 15, 2011, 07:25:07 AMNot sure what you mean by "synth vocal"... sorry, I'm sort of new to finale  :-\

Sorry if I was confusing. I just meant the parts that sounded like a choir (or whatever) in the original song (they're usually G's in your arrangement I think). I just thought that they might sound better an octave higher.
Also, I wouldn't mind fixing the percussion part in Piano 2 if that's ok. I think I got the rhythms picked out, I'd just have to get the pitches figured out.

Quote from: gzgregory on March 15, 2011, 07:25:07 AMI'm working on the world 3 map screen

World 3 map sounds like a good piece for piano too! It's very relaxing. Good luck with it.

Quote from: Sekter77 on March 15, 2011, 12:06:30 PMAlso, I wouldn't mind fixing the percussion part in Piano 2 if that's ok. I think I got the rhythms picked out, I'd just have to get the pitches figured out.

Go ahead and edit it if you like. :)

I'd like to check these out but I can't read .mus files.
Could you post the midis as well?

Quote from: JDMEK5 on March 15, 2011, 06:23:16 PMI'd like to check these out but I can't read .mus files.
Could you post the midis as well?

OK, finally got around to adding midi... hope you like them  ;D

EDIT: added "World 3- The Beach Map screen"

I fixed up the tuned percussion part a bit and fixed a couple of rhythms.
Here you go. (http://www.mediafire.com/?kr9tf0tanhah9zu)

If you don't like anything I altered you can go ahead and change it back. And World 3 sounds just fine!

Well done!
These sound pretty good!

I have my own "Walking the Plains" here (http://www.ninsheetm.us/smf/index.php?topic=3069.0) if you'd like to see it.
It contains a few more things that yours doesn't, but feel free to add those things to yours.
I already tried submitting it but it got rejected. Hopefully you'll have better luck.
Keep it up!  8)

Thanks a lot Sekter, it sounds much better :D

JD, I'd need a mus... or i can't open it  :-\

Added world 8 map screen... but the part added in measures 4-8 sounds terrible, any suggestions?

I've added Walking the Desert. It isn't complete yet, but I'm going away for a week, so I won't be able to work on it anyway. Feedback would be appreciated... I'm not entirely sure what tone to make the "bah"s.

Ok... been working furiously on this one.
The Partners in time Normal battle is finished.
Have a listen  ;D

The Battle Theme sounds great! Keep up the good work. Especially on these great Mario games. All these somewhat recent Mario games have some great tracks on them.

Thanks. Problem with all of these themes is they all require two pianos, and sometimes percussion :-\

I just found this awesome theme... the "Ground/Underground Remix" from Galaxy and Galaxy 2.

Might put them both in one sheet, as they are nearly the same.

Well, they don't really require two pianos. Sometimes one of the parts can be squeezed into a different hand as another voice, or the part isn't prominent enough to be put in the arrangement at all. The fact that you try to include every part shows some real dedication.

Percussion (as far as drums and such go) usually isn't that big of a loss. Most of the time, having the drum part missing won't really matter, especially for piano players. Actually, I don't think I've come across any websites that specialize in video game drum charts. That might be interesting...

By the way, which Galaxy song/songs are you talking about? Could you give a YouTube link or something?

I have a link to a video in the bottom of the first post... it's a compilation of every theme in the Mario series based on the underground theme.

The theme I'm talking about appears at about 6:00 and 9:00. (once for each Galaxy).

Perhaps some parts are unnecessary in some of my pieces, but I just LOVE hearing a completed arrangement that sounds nearly authentic. Maybe that's just me  :P

I could do versions for one piano with just the main parts... but I have other things to do right now  ::)

EDIT: Just found out that the theme is actually the "Cosmic Mario" theme, which should be easy enough to find. I hate writing sound effects :-\

Ok, I'm done the Walking the Desert theme.

Don't worry, it sounds WAY better than the one that was on the site before, mostly thanks to my brother.  ;)

Also, I fixed all the incorrect links :-\

Hey! Great job! I've already started Cosmic Mario. I'm stumped on this one part.
How about a friendly race?  :P The first to finish gets to submit it. Stealing parts is strictly prohibited.

Well, how about it?  :D

Hehe. That wouldn't really be fair, as I've just been overloaded with homework.  :P

Well, I'll try, and we'll see. Funny, we keep on arranging the same pieces.

Yeah. Well, if you don't want to... we don't have to.
Keep up the great work!  ;)

I've finished Cosmic Mario.

It's up on the front.

Not entirely sure what to make of the two measures that are entirely percussion though... :-\

EDIT: First arrangement accepted to the site :D

Quote from: gzgregory on April 10, 2011, 05:41:17 PMNot entirely sure what to make of the two measures that are entirely percussion though... :-\

You might change them to low bass notes, in piano reductions of orchestral works the piano player plays very low notes when percussion instruments play. The best example is Gershwin's Piano Concerto, right in the first measures. ;)

Holy crap!!  :o
Your cosmic mario is AMAZING!!!
It would be a crazy shame if it gets rejected.

Nice job!!  :P

Glad you like it  :D

The SMG Main theme is pretty tough... I'm only done the intro, and it took me about 1.5 hours...  :P

EDIT: Made some fixes to the PIT battle theme, now ready for submission!

Ok, I haven't posted here in way too long.

So, I've added the 80% finished SMG Main Theme!

I figure that as long as I'm still working on it, I might as well get feedback.

However, Finale's been buggy lately and I can't add expressions.  :-\ So it might be awhile before I actually finish.

I can't vouch for the accuracy of your SMG arrangement yet, but I do have some other tips.
A siimple formatting thing to fix is to change the way you notate some of the rhythms. There's a lot of places where you use two dotted quarter notes followed by a regular quarter note. You need to fix the second note by making it an eighth note tied to a quarter note. I know it may seem tedious, but it really helps with readability. Just remember not to cover up any downbeats (Beats 1 and 3).
Also, a lot of things seem kind of unplayable, like the section where you have a whole bunch of 32nd notes in a bass part for a couple measures. I know accuracy is important, but you may want to consider just making them 16th notes instead.

One more suggestion: you may want to consider making some of your arrangements for one player as well. All you'd have to do is just combine parts or drop unnecessary parts so you can fit all the important stuff in two staves. It is allowed to have duets and one player arrangements so you might want to do that for those who either can't or don't want to play a duet.

Quote from: gzgregory on May 11, 2011, 09:57:47 AMOk, I haven't posted here in way too long.

So, I've added the 80% finished SMG Main Theme!

What do you mean by "main theme"?

The point of the 32nds is just to imply "play as fast as possible".

And thanks for the other suggestions. I'll get around to making single piano arrangements once I finish this.

SP, that's what it's called. :P It's pretty much the main motive of sorts. Not sure where it appears in the game though.  :-\

Umm... there is no song called "main theme." Are you referring to the overture that plays on the title screen?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49pOiyZYWBQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49pOiyZYWBQ)

This is it.

...THAT'S THE FREAKING CREDITS THEME

It's simply called "Super Mario Galaxy" and I wanted to arrange it D: Whatever, though, I am sure you can do it better... it's already on the site as a duet.

Wait... seriously?

I've always seen it called "main theme" O.O

Oh well.

I like all of your New Super Mario Bros. arrangements.  :)

Wow it's been like 3 months.

Anyways I finally got something done.

[Wii]New Super Mario Bros. Wii-Credits (2 pianos) MUS (http://www.mediafire.com/?4oyo2xe8oxx2raz) MID (http://www.mediafire.com/?h05itk36n2iu4fk) PDF (http://www.mediafire.com/?55kqjdyp45kuozq)

Feedback please!

Good to know you're back to arranging!
The NSMB Wii Credits sound nice. Good job.
In the opening measures, you use dotted eighth followed by sixteenth. Unless the opening is that metric while the rest of the song swings, these notes could be noted quarter triplet followed by eighth triplet.
In measure 22, since the quarter notes move down chromatically by half step, it would be better to use Db/Ab. That would give you a smoother, easier line to read of D-Db-C and A-Ab-G. And since the chromatic line in measure 35-36 is moving up by halfstep, it would be better to spell the chromatic pitch with a sharp. Thus the line G-G#-A would appear in piano 1's treble and bass clef.
In measure 52, spell the Eb eighth note as an Eb as well. Then in measure 68,  stick with E natural and G#, but change the eighth note again to Eb and G. This just shows the major thirds occur there. It's possible to notate them as D# in measure 52, then as D# and Fx in measure 68. I kinda like the second one more, since it shows that these chromatic notes move towards the E and G# instead of vice versa. But I suppose it's up to you. Don't need naturals on the second notation though.
For all that I just said, be sure to check when it happens again in the piece. Most of this repeats. It could be nice to have a first and second ending if you can find out where they would go.
The last thing I have to say is that most of the time, one piano's hand goes untouched. Sometimes, this piano has the melody. It is entirely possible to double the melody an octave above or below (whichever fits the situation) or split the melody between the two pianos (in octaves, preferably; unisons on occasion). It'd be ideal to add another line, but if the piece does not have other lines at that point, a doubled melody saves a player's hand from going unplayed.
Keep on arranging. Can't wait to see what else you have in store.

Bump!

Bowser's Inside Story: Boss
MUS (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/62915593/music/MUS/bowser%27s%20inside%20story%20boss%20battle%20theme.MUS)

Now to fix the NSMBW credits. Computer breaking ftw. >_>

Wow serious bump. Nice.

Can't speak to the playability on that one though lol.

True that. I might change the right hand to just single notes rather than thirds.

Yay! I was hoping someone would arrange Boss Battle from BIS! I'll be sure to listen to this when I can, Greg! :D

I had a hunch you might like it. ::)

Yeah, you know me. :P
And, judging by your awesome skills at arranging these kind of songs, it's gonna be fabulous! :D

ANOTHER ARRANGEMENT IN LESS THAN SEVERAL MONTHS?

IMPOSSIBLE!

Super Smash Bros. Brawl: PictoChat
MUS (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/62915593/music/MUS/SSBB%20Pictochat.MUS) MID (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/62915593/music/MID/SSBB%20Pictochat.mid)

OOH A LONG AWAITED REQUEST :3:3

ME GUSTA

Fixes:
Chromaticism in NSMBW credits fixed, intro is now solo piano
M&L BiS: Boss Battle is now playable (split impossible top part)

Mario and Luigi Partners in Time: Peach's Castle (two pianos)
MUS (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/62915593/music/MUS/partners%20in%20time%20peach%27s%20castle.MUS)
MID (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/62915593/music/MID/partners%20in%20time%20peach%27s%20castle.mid)
I really need to find some piece I can arrange as a solo. >_>

Solos added for NSMB: Walking the Plains, Walking the Desert, and World 1: The Plains

Yaaaaay. I approve.

Do new super mario bros wii volcano overworld!!!

so do u think u could do it?
i see your a new super mario bros wii fan

I technically could, but it would probably sound terrible without all the percussion and that particular timbre!

What about the beach theme from new super mario bros wii?

Quote from: wariopiano on September 05, 2012, 07:15:47 AMDo new super mario bros wii volcano overworld!!!

WarioPiano, it seems a bit rude to go on somebody's submission thread and demand that they arrange something.  Greg has a poll you can vote in; vote for NSMBW.  Also, you can message him with a specific request for him if you really want to.  But you should really just save that for the Request board.  If you requested it and nobody took it, you can't force it on somebody.  If you want to learn to arrange something yourself, you could ask around.  A few people just taught Nebbles how to arrange, and her first piece turned out fine.  I'd be willing to give you a few pointers if you want.

thanks, but ive tried arranging many many times.
sorry for being rude Greg.

Kirby Air Ride
City Trial MUSX (https://www.dropbox.com/s/zi2c0cv0gmcyrn1/Kirby%20Air%20Ride%20-%20City%20Trial.musx?dl=0)
The onsite arrangement for this one is a little lacking, so I redid it! It's been quite a long time since I've done anything new so I'd really appreciate criticism of this one.

ooooooooh I'm definitely gonna take a closer look at it, it seems like a solid start. We'll get this one on site for sure ^^

Kirby Air Ride
Fire MUSX (https://www.dropbox.com/s/pvjn1nvt520qdjn/Kirby%20Air%20Ride%20-%20Fire.musx?dl=0)

Threw this together pretty quickly.

Kirby Air Ride
Metal (two pianos) MUSX (http://bit.ly/2Fm5TFH) MUS (http://bit.ly/2DCFMZz) PDF (http://bit.ly/2DBqcgS)

Pretty dubious playability on this one, but it was fun to arrange. Probably reasonably easy to convert to a playable solo arrangement.

CrossCode
Battle 1 MUSX (http://bit.ly/2Qyxi8u) MUS (http://bit.ly/2OFTYBW) PDF (http://bit.ly/2PSWDwY)

CrossCode is a phenomenal game and all of you should try it out (it's got a demo and everything). It's also got a heck of a soundtrack: honestly, this was one of the least interesting pieces from it but everything else is pretty difficult to arrange!

CrossCode
Hack Your Way! MUSX (http://bit.ly/2FmR2e7) MUS (http://bit.ly/2QFg5KO) PDF (http://bit.ly/2JWwUy2)

I'm guessing those LH rhythms are gonna be difficult to play but oh well!

CrossCode
Valse d'Ahoge MUSX (http://bit.ly/2FmRQ2D) MUS (http://bit.ly/2qIxy9C) PDF (http://bit.ly/2QIDr2d)

I've been on a roll recently, might as well keep it going.

CrossCode
Lea! MUSX (http://bit.ly/2Prl44U) MUS (http://bit.ly/2DlTr62) PDF (http://bit.ly/2JXh1Y7)

If it wasn't obvious already I really like this game okay

Dude you've been working hard this month!

Quote from: mikey on October 16, 2018, 10:00:48 PMDude you've been working hard this month!

More like I've had too much free time, haha.

Anyway, here's another arrangement!

CrossCode
Boss Battle MUSX (http://bit.ly/2PRbIiB) MUS (http://bit.ly/2PoMA33) PDF (http://bit.ly/2PRFP9y)

CrossCode
Improvising MUSX (http://bit.ly/2PYE0Yg) MUS (http://bit.ly/2T25gE9) PDF (http://bit.ly/2RTsAmb)

There's something ironic about making an arrangement of a piece called "Improvising", haha.

CrossCode
Raid (two pianos) MUSX (http://bit.ly/2DB0BnX) MUS (http://bit.ly/2T8T0BC) PDF (http://bit.ly/2RPckTe)

This one was pretty killer to arrange (and is probably skirting the edge of playability), but it's done!

Any chance you can provide MUS files for us people with Finale Notepad instead of Finale?

I... didn't realize Notepad couldn't open MUSX files. Whoops! I'll add MUS links to the main post in a bit.

Looks like your CrossCode Raid MUS link actually leads to your PDF. Can you fix the link, please?

(Got to listen to some other of your CrossCode transcriptions today!)

whoops fixed

CrossCode
Shizuka (two pianos) MUSX (http://bit.ly/2QFgfSq) MUS (http://bit.ly/2DjxSTH) PDF (http://bit.ly/2RNLMS4)

This one's got some fascinating harmonies in it (including a surprising number of minor 2nds). Probably some of them are transcribed incorrectly but oh well!

Deltarune
Rude Buster (two pianos) MUSX (http://bit.ly/2DB0J6V) MUS (http://bit.ly/2zMlb0t) PDF (http://bit.ly/2PtE6aX)

Alright, first pass here. I might make further improvements to this but I think it's pretty accurate at this point (and miraculously playable).

CrossCode
Exponential Growth MUSX (http://bit.ly/2QUMnBs) MUS (http://bit.ly/2S5Okey) PDF (http://bit.ly/2QUMqgC)

Back to CrossCode. Hope you guys like 10ths!

CrossCode
Battle 3 MUSX (http://bit.ly/2L8nBf5) MUS (http://bit.ly/2G8IDvi) PDF (http://bit.ly/2C11SCV)

It's been awhile! Might be tough to play at the original tempo...

Celeste
Scattered and Lost MUSX (http://bit.ly/2Qvcp26) MUS (http://bit.ly/2QX4t92) PDF (http://bit.ly/2rEEhC8)

Here's something a bit different. This arrangement still needs a decent amount of work, especially visually, but note-wise it's mostly reduction at this point I think.

Kirby Air Ride
City Trial Properties Graph MUSX (http://bit.ly/2SJsx0a) MUS (http://bit.ly/2thZ2nV) PDF (http://bit.ly/2ByEPPd)

Been a while! I always enjoyed this little piece.

Celeste
Celestial Resort (Good Karma Mix) (Two Pianos) MUSX (http://bit.ly/2TVldfc) MUS (http://bit.ly/2NasR2N) PDF (http://bit.ly/2InwfZs)

This song's a banger! Fun to arrange.

CrossCode
First Scholars (two pianos) MUSX (http://bit.ly/2WbUMmK) MUS (http://bit.ly/2DFwieu) PDF (http://bit.ly/2DDMrAS)

It's been a while! This one was surprisingly difficult considering it's already mostly piano...

Paper Mario: The Origami King

Vellumental Battle

MUSX (https://bit.ly/36EiwYj)

MUS (https://bit.ly/2VxfSgN)

PDF (https://bit.ly/3oqXouv)

Came out better than expected, honestly, I was anticipating more problems fitting this into one piano.